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  1. Lelio Vittorio Valobra

    • לליו ויטוריו ולוברה
    • Valobra, Lelio Vittorio

    Jewish activist; head of the DELASEM, the relief organization for refugees of the Jewish communities in Italy

  2. Delegazione per l’Assistenza agli ebrei Emigranti

    • DELASEM

    1939-12/1943-09-08

    Delegazione per l’Assistenza agli ebrei Emigranti was Jewish welfare agency, founded in 1939-12 to help Jewish refugees in Italy. It operated until 1943-09-08.

  3. Gradska uprava narodnih dobara Sarajevo

    • City's bureau for public goods Sarajevo

    1945 - 1946

    After World War 2 bureaus (directorates) were formed to manage the property war criminals, but also of individuals and families that were forcefully taken away or became refugees. The government thus aimed to manage these properties until it is returned to owners or assigned to someone else (in accordance with the law: Zakon o postupanju sa imovinom sopstvenika koji su je morali napustiti... Sl. list DFJ no. 36/45).

  4. Freudiger Fülöp

    • Philipp von Freudiger
    • Pinchas Freudiger

    1900–1976

    Hungarian Jewish businessman, factory owner, community leader. Born in Budapest to a well-to-do family, Freudiger succeeded his father, Abraham, as the head of the Orthodox Jewish community of Budapest in 1939. Freudiger helped many of the Jewish refugees in Hungary. After German occupation, 1944 appointed to the Judenrat in Budapest. Through the intermediacy of Rabbi Michael Dov Weissmandel of Bratislava, Freudiger established close contact with Dieter Wisliceny of the Eichmann Sonderkommando almost immediately after the occupation in March, 1944. By bribing Wisliceny, Freudiger succeeded ...

  5. Roosevelt Franklin Delano

    • Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945
    • ルーズヴェルト, フランクリン・D
    • Ruzvelʹt, Franklin, 1882-1945
    • Luosifu, 1882-1945
    • Roosevelt, Franklin D., 1882-1945
    • ...

    30/01/1882

    02/04/1945

    32nd president of the United States (1933-1945)

  6. Truman Harry S.

    • Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
    • Truman, Harry, 1884-1972
    • Trumėn, G. 1884-1972
    • Dulumen, 1884-1972
    • טרומאן, הארי ס., 1884-1972
    • ...

    08/05/1884

    26/12/1972

    33rd president of the United States (1945-53).

  7. Mayer Saly

    • מאיר סלי
    • Mayer, Saly, 1882-1950
    • Saly, Mayer
    • Saly, Mayer, 1882-1950

    1882

    1950

    President of the Schweizerische Israelische Gemeindebund (Swiss Federation of Jewish Communities) [SIG] 1936-1943 and representative of JOINT in Switzerland.

  8. Musy Jean Marie

    • Musy, Jean-Marie, 1876-1952
    • Musy, Jean, 1876-1952
    • Musy, Jean-Marie
    • Musy, Jean Marie 1876-1952

    10/04/1876

    19/04/1952

    Member of the Federal Council of Switzerland (1919/1934). Negotiated the release of 1210 prisoners from Theresienstadt.

  9. Fleischmann Gisi

    • Fleischmannová, Gizi, 1892-1944
    • Fleischmannová, Gisela, 1892-1944
    • Fleischmann, Gisi, 1892-1944
    • Fleischmann, Gisi
    • פלישמן, גישי
    • ...

    21/01/1892

    1944

    President of the Slovak WIZO, and representative of the Joint in Slovakia. Gisi Fleischmann was one of the few female Jewish leaders in Europe during World War II. She helped Jews in Slovakia to find refuge in other countries before the war and in the midst of the war. As a member of the Bratislava underground Working Group, she was involved with the Europa Plan and the Children’s Rescue Plan, which attempted to save Jews through bribery and negotiations with the Nazis. Fleischmann was arrested by the SS in 1944 and deported to Auschwitz. She was murdered on arrival in Auschwitz in October ...

  10. Riegner Gerhard

    12/09/1911

    03/12/2001

    Head of Genfer Geschäftsstelle des WJC (1939-48). Passed information on the murder on European Jews to the British and American governments

  11. Wahrhaftig Zorah

    02/02/1906

    26/09/2002

    Israeli lawyer, politician and a Holocaust survivor, saved due to Chiune Sugihara’s intervention. He was a signatory of Israel's Declaration of Independence.

  12. Brand Joël

    • Brand, Joe͏̈l, 1907-1964
    • Brand, Joël 1906-1964
    • ברנד, יואל, 1906-1964
    • ברנד, יואל, ־1906
    • בראנד, יואל, 1906־
    • ...

    1907

    13/07/1964

    Member of the Relief and Rescue Committee of Budapest; organised rescue and relief for refugees from Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia and Poland and smuggled Jews into Hungary in 1943. After the German invasion of Hungary in 1944, Brand was approached by Eichmann for "Blood for Goods" deal to negotiate between Jewish leaders and Nazis regarding the sparing of 1 million Jews for 10 000 trucks and other goods. In 1961 Brand testified at Adolf Eichmann’s trial in Jerusalem.

  13. Sugihara Sempo

    • 杉原, 千畝, 1900-1986
    • スギハラ, チウネ, 1900-1986
    • Sugihara, Chiune, 1900-1986
    • Sugihara, Chiune.
    • 杉原千畝, 1900-1986.
    • ...

    01/01/1900

    31/07/1986

    Consul general in Kovno, Lithuania. Assisted Jewish refugees in 1940. Righteous among the nations from 1984.

  14. Karski Jan

    • Karski, Jan, 1914-2000
    • Kozielewski-Karski, Jan, 1914-2000
    • Witold 1914-2000 Pseudonym
    • Kozielewski, Jan 1914-2000 Wirklicher Name
    • コジェレフスキ, ヤン
    • ...

    24/06/1914

    13/07/2000

    Resistance fighter. Member of the Polish underground, courier to the Polish Government-in-exile, slipped twice into the Warsaw ghetto in 1942 and subsequently made his way to London and the US to report on the deplorable conditions he witnessed. Righteous gentile.

  15. Theodor Oberländer

    • Theodor Oberlaender

    A Nazi expert on "Ostforschung", research of European areas to the East of Germany. After the war served in the West German government as Federal Minister for Displaced Persons, Refugees and Victims of War.

  16. Rescue Committee of the Jewish Agency in Budapest

    • ועדת העזרה וההצלה ב-Budapest

    Hungarian Zionist Alliance for Rescuing Refugees and Persecuted Jews

  17. James Grover McDonald

    High Commissioner for Refugees from Germany

  18. Paul Grüninger

    • Paul Grueninger

    Head of the District Police of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Between August and December 1938, after the Switzerland closed its borders to Jewish refugees following the Anschluss, Paul Grueninger provided forged entry visas to more than 3,000 Jewish refugees backdating their visas and falsifying other documents. Paul Grueninger was dimissed from his office and lost all his rights, including his retirement benefits. He lived in harsh conditions until his death in 1972. In 1995, the Swiss federal Government finally annulled Grüninger's conviction and cleared his name completely. Paul Grueninger ...

  19. Gertrude Van Tijn

    • גרטרודה ואן טיין

    Head of the Comite Voor Joodsche Vluchtelingen - CJV (Committee for Jewish Refugees) in Amsterdam.

  20. Murmelstein Benjamin

    • Murmelstein, Benjamin, 1905-
    • Murmelstein, Benjamin, 1905-1989
    • Murmelstein, B., 1905-1989
    • Murmelsztajn, Benjamin 1905-
    • Murmelstein, Benjamin
    • ...

    1905

    1989

    Rabbi in the Vienna Jewish community, member of the Judenrat. Deported to Theresienstadt, deputy and later Judenältester.